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Military Naturalization Statistics
Statistics through fiscal year 2018:
Since Oct. 1, 2001, USCIS has naturalized 129,587 members of the military, with 11,483 of those service members becoming citizens during USCIS naturalization ceremonies in over 30 foreign countries:
Afghanistan Albania Australia Bahrain China Cuba Djibouti El Salvador Georgia Germany Greece Haiti | Honduras Iceland Iraq Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Libya | Mexico Philippines Qatar South Korea Spain Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom |
Military statistics by year and location through fiscal year 2018:
| YEAR | TOTAL | USA | ABROAD |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY-02 | 2,434 | 2,434 | 0 |
| FY-03 | 4,659 | 4,659 | 0 |
| FY-04 | 6,327 | 6,327 | 0 |
| FY-05 | 7,136 | 6,106 | 1,030 |
| FY-06 | 8,538 | 6,643 | 1,895 |
| FY-07 | 5,895 | 4,541 | 1,354 |
| FY-08 | 7,865 | 6,356 | 1,509 |
| FY-09 | 10,505 | 8,850 | 1,655 |
| FY-10 | 11,230 | 9,819 | 1,411 |
| FY-11 | 10,333 | 9,415 | 918 |
| FY-12 | 8,693 | 8,184 | 509 |
| FY-13 | 8,758 | 8,414 | 344 |
| FY-14 | 9,239 | 8,970 | 269 |
| FY-15 | 7,710 | 7,535 | 175 |
| FY-16 | 8,770 | 8,599 | 171 |
| FY-17 | 7,360 | 7,228 | 132 |
| FY-18 | 4,135 | 4,024 | 111 |
| TOTAL | 129,587 | 118,104 | 11,483 |
| Location of Ceremony | TOTAL | FY-08 | FY-09 | FY-10 | FY-11 | FY-12 | FY-13 | FY-14 | FY-15 | FY-16 | FY-17 | FY-18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,017 | 105 | 183 | 208 | 288 | 99 | 100 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bahrain | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuba (Guantanamo) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Djibouti | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 883 | 135 | 137 | 152 | 131 | 87 | 51 | 41 | 30 | 43 | 25 | 51 |
| Greece | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honduras | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iraq | 1,840 | 644 | 678 | 427 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | 175 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 1,651 | 349 | 282 | 288 | 224 | 183 | 117 | 55 | 55 | 41 | 28 | 29 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 34 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 417 | 110 | 167 | 58 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Libya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1,038 | 149 | 171 | 198 | 107 | 64 | 48 | 104 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 7 |
| Spain | 35 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Thailand | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 7,204 | 1,509 | 1,655 | 1,411 | 918 | 509 | 344 | 269 | 175 | 171 | 132 | 111 |
